Derrick Baker

April is Celebrate Diversity Month — a time to honor the cultures, identities, and stories that shape our world. Dr. Maya Angelou believed in embracing our differences and finding connection within them. “We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.” #CelebrateDiversityMonth

#OnThisDay in 1942, the Tuskegee Airmen became the first African American flying unit in the U.S. military. Learn more on our Searchable Museum: s.si.edu/3wjo4GX #BlackHistoryMonth #APeoplesJourney

🍂 It's the first full day of #autumn after the #AutumnEquinox, and @NOAA’s #GOESEast 🛰️ has been tracking the sun’s changing angle over the course of the past year due to Earth's 23.5° tilt. 🌎 As we welcome #AstronomicalFall in the Northern Hemisphere, learn more about the #equinox in today’s #SatelliteSnapshot: nesdis.noaa.gov/news/noaa-sate… #Fall #FallEquinox #TimelapseTuesday

"The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose." - James A. Baldwin ❤️💚🖤

#OnThisDay in 1915, Carter G. Woodson founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. @ASALH continues to chart the past triumphs and current achievements of African Americans.

This month, we’re celebrating some of the world's most gifted artists and educators like Johnetta Cole, Elizabeth Catlett, and Peggy Cooper Cafritz. Their ingenuity, measured through innovative style and truth-telling, proved invaluable to students and the art world.

On this day, 5 August 1960, Burkina Faso gained its independence from France as The Republic of Upper Volta. #burkinafaso #independence

On this day in 1943, white U.S. military police fired on Black U.S. soldiers stationed during World War II in the village of Bamber Bridge, England, killing a Black soldier named Private William Crossland. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

EPISODE 276: "Juneteenth and the Unyielding Work of Liberation” — @InClasswithCarr with Dr. Greg Carr (@AfricanaCarr) and @KarenHunter. #InClasswithCarr

lies, myth, fragility and gaslighting.

EPISODE 274: "The Ballot, The Book and The Buck” — @InClasswithCarr with Dr. Greg Carr (@AfricanaCarr) and @KarenHunter. #InClasswithCarr

Happening NOW: Baba Peter Bailey opening today’s Centennial Birthday Commemoration of #MalcolmX at Howard University. Livestream thanks to @SankofaDC here: youtube.com/live/O2AwkEzI0…

100 years ago today, an African seeker was born in Nebraska, Hells of North America. Grenada Georgia Roots Garvey’s Ghost Farmboy Good Son Hoodlum Convert Believer Prophet Teacher Husband Father Voice of Our Lost/Found Nation Omowale Martyr Saint We By Any Means Necessary. Happy Centennial Birthday, #MalcolmX

#StayReady theglobalmajority.com

“Surround yourself with those who see greatness in you, even when you don’t see it in yourself.” #LoveThyself

Enslaved Black people are mostly depicted as very docile and didn't fight back. However, this was not the case and there were numerous slaves rebellion. A THREAD!

On this day in 1898, Louisiana adopted a new constitution that excluded Black voters and jurors using restrictions like a poll tax and discriminatory literacy and property requirements. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

EPISODE 270: "We Have Been Believers” — @InClasswithCarr with Dr. Greg Carr (@AfricanaCarr) and @KarenHunter. #InClasswithCarr

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#BlackHistoryMonth Day 18: Sunrise at Columbia SC Statehouse with Ed Dwight’s powerful sculpture. Reconstructing memory from now to source. 160 years ago today, Sherman burned this city. Then Reconstruction. Third one come soon. This time going to be really different, fam.